Rowan had lost everything—
until a kind woman named Pauline took him in and became his world.
After she left, Rowan was consumed by longing…
and in that emptiness,
he awakened to mana—
and not just any mana,
but the rare ability to see the mana of others.
Through this connection,
Rowan believed that even if he and Pauline were apart,
they were still together in spirit.
But one…